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Haitians in Dominican Republic face racism, discrimination

Many Haitians migrate to the Dominican Republic for employment and are subsequently subjected to discrimination. Up to one million people of Haitian origin currently live in the Dominican Republic,...

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Kosovo refugees left lives behind at the border

Martin Savidge with the CNN Kosovo team, along with their translator, Gulka. Photo: Martin Savidge About 10,000 people died in the 1998-99 Kosovo war between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in pursuit of...

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Tune in: Online radio show on Uighur unrest in China

As ethnic clashes between the Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese turn deadly, Worldfocus.org’s weekly radio show explores the recent riots involving China’s Uighur minority. The show also looks at Uighur...

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Naxalite rebellion menaces the heart of India

Anasuya Ray is a researcher for an NGO based in Pune, India. She writes about her recent fieldwork in India’s tribal belt, where grinding poverty and malnutrition are driving villagers to support the...

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What is statelessness?

This summer, Worldfocus.org’s multimedia project “Stateless to Statehood” explores the relationships between individuals and the states they live in. The project weaves in experiences among...

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Burmese refugees rounded up and sold in Malaysia

In Malaysia, some immigration officials have been accused of involvement in selling refugees from Myanmar, also known as Burma, to gangs in Thailand. The attorney general’s office in Malaysia says 10...

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Tibetan refugees seek livelihoods in Ladakh, India

Luv Puri is a journalist who has reported on Tibetan issues, the Jammu and Kashmir conflict, and Indian foreign policy for The Hindu newspaper. A vibrant and enterprising community of Tibetans lives in...

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Stateless for my first ten years

A Palestinian refugee stands with his belongings in Rafah Camp. Photo: Flickr user Rafahkid Ahmed Moor was born and raised in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Recently laid off from a finance job in...

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A pilot, two presidents and Kurdish claims in Iraq

Jehangir “Jay” Irani served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years, flying missions throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently pursuing a career in journalism. He recalls the flight when...

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Ethnic Nubians live on the margins in Kenya

About 100,000 Nubians live in Kenya. Brought by British colonialists to the area as soldiers from different parts of Sudan, the Nubian community in Kenya now has a shared ethnic identity. While the...

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Turkishness is not always delightful

Amid reports that Turkey may soon unveil reforms intended to quell tensions with the country’s Kurdish minority, Turkey is moving ahead with its bid for European Union membership. Conflict in Turkey’s...

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Warming Greenland moves towards independence

Greenlanders at a political rally in Copenhagen. Photo: Ben Piven Multimedia reporter Ben Piven traveled to Denmark in 2005, where he photographed Greenlanders in the capital. That year, when...

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Greenland’s people take pride in traditional language

Language has become a symbol of independence in Greenland. In recent months, Greenland has taken steps towards self-rule. The changes follow a referendum last November, in which 75 percent of the...

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Q&A: The challenges of entering and exiting Gaza

Nizar al-Wazir came to the United States on a Fulbright grant from Gaza in 2007. He currently works in Washington D.C. at Chemonics, a development consulting firm. He joined Worldfocus to discuss the...

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Q&A: A Kuwaiti Bidoon suffers from statelessness

A mostly Bidoon slum outside Kuwait City. Bidoon literally means “without” in Arabic and refers to a group of Bedouin, formerly nomadic Arabs, who are perceived as socially and culturally inferior to...

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Mapping out refugees and asylum seekers worldwide

In our show tonight, we take a look at Indonesia, where hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who fled the violence back home are now threatening to blow themselves up. We also explore how police have...

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Over 12 million people worldwide have no citizenship

Around the world, an estimated 12 million individuals lack nationality or citizenship in any nation. This means they have no legal right to a passport, employment, or housing. These men, women and...

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Somali pirates: Behind the news

Somali Pirates Connie Kargbo is an associate producer at Worldfocus and a native of Sierra Leone. She writes here of the story behind Somali piracy. There is news today that Somali pirates have...

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Worldfocus Radio: Jerusalem United or Divided?

In one of the world’s most contentious cities, there are two conflicting claims to sovereignty over holy places and residential neighborhoods. East and West Jerusalem are divided along ethnic and...

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Somali journalist on culture of violence and crippled press

Mustafa Haji Abdinur, an AFP journalist and the founder of Radio Simba in Somalia, sits down with Martin Savidge to discuss the culture of violence in daily Somali life and the war against the...

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